Karada
Japanese: 体 or 身体 This means "torso", and more generally "human body", with the derived meaning of "health" or "constitution". Within the Western scene the word has evolved into a [...]
One foot lifted suspension. This can be seen as part of the group of techniques called kataashi kaikyaku.
A group of techniques where a single leg is spread with rope(s). Ashi (足): Leg Kaikyaku (かいきゃく): Roughly translates to “spread legs” See also: Ashi, kata-ashi zuri, kata-ashi age [...]
Japanese: 片足逆さ吊り Kata (片): Single / One of a pair Ashi (足): Leg Sakasa (逆さ): Upside-down Zuri (吊り): Hanging Suspended up-side-down from one leg. A reverse kata-ashi zuri. The single [...]
Japanese: 片足吊り Kata (片): Single / One of a pair Ashi (足): Leg Zuri (吊り): Hanging Any of a number of styles of suspending one leg. This [...]
Japanese: 片手首縛り Single wrist binding.
Japanese: 飾り(縄) Kazari (飾り): "decoration" Nawa (縄): rope Coming from the new years decoration called shimekazari, consisting of a shimenawa (a sacred rice straw rope), pine and orange. Kazari nawa can [...]
Japanese: 亀甲縛り (菱縄縛り) Kikkou (亀甲): Tortoise shell Shibari (縛り): Tie Turtle, hexagonal pattern, binding. The famous tortoise shell tie so called because the pattern created resembles that found on the [...]
Japanese: 緊縛美 Kinbaku (緊縛): See kinbaku glossary entry bi (美): Beauty The beauty of kinbaku. See also: Kinbaku